Catalyst for Conservation

Lewa's Mission

The Lewa Wildlife Conservancy works as a catalyst for the conservation of wildlife and its habitat. It does this through the protection and management of species, the initiation and support of community conservation and development programmes, and the education of neighbouring areas in the value of wildlife.

A Catalyst for Conservation

The Lewa Wildlife Conservancy aims to work as a catalyst for the conservation of wildlife and its habitat through the protection and management of species, the initiation and support of community conservation and development programmes, and the education of neighbouring communities in the value of wildlife.  One of Lewa’s fundamental objectives is to conserve threatened species within its area of operation by providing protected habitat for these species under pressure. 

Lewa is actively involved in promoting conservation both within its boundaries and in the ecologically important community-owned areas to its north.  Lewa has been instrumental in the creation of community conservation areas in the contiguous and northern regions to the Conservancy which have helped increase the amount of land under conservation management in northern Kenya to over 3,000 square kilometres since the mid 1990s. Lewa’s work is creating a sustainable ecosystem approach to conservation through the protection of large areas of land, allowing for the continued migration of wildlife throughout their natural range. The establishment of community conservation areas has increased the protection afforded not only to wildlife but also to people and livestock, a benefit that is paramount to these nomadic pastoralist communities in northern Kenya.